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As a new crop of college students arrive on American campuses this fall, many will be forced to consider whether to major in a more creative, "softer" discipline like English, or begin charting their career path with a "hard" major like business or physics.

As the Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, advocates on both sides of the issue are looking to the justices' ruling to determine whether the issue remains at the forefront of political and cultural debate — particularly within the Republican Party.

LONDON — British lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage championed by Prime Minister David Cameron, despite stronger-than-expected opposition from within his Conservative Party.
In a first House of Commons vote, lawmakers voted 400 to 175 in support of the legislation. There was strong support from the left-leaning Labour Party and Liberal Democrats party, but many Conservatives rejected the proposals.

By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawmakers gave final approval on Thursday to a bill that would allow businesses to refuse service to customers when such work would violate their religious beliefs, in a move critics describe as a license to discriminate against gays and others.Under the bill, a business owner would have a defense against a discrimination lawsuit, provided a decision to deny service was motivated by a "sincerely held" religious belief and that giving such service would have substantially burdened the exercise of their religious beliefs.

They launched their 2012 U.S. presidential campaign before the Republican party had named its nominee, and now the Canada Party is champing at the bit to do it all again in 2016.
Chris Cannon and Brian Calvert may not have thrown a wrench in Barack Obama’s bid for re-election, but they secured themselves a loyal online following when they released a video touting Canada’s virtues as a prospective tenant of the White House.

CINCINNATI, Ohio — A conservative U.S. Senator once opposed to gay marriage is now supporting it after learning one of his sons is gay.
Sen. Rob Portman disclosed his change of heart in interviews with several Ohio newspapers and CNN. In an op-ed published Friday in The Columbus Dispatch he said the decision came after a lot of thought.
“I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn’t deny them the opportunity to get married,” he wrote.

Predicting a sizeable party shift more than three years before the next presidential election, Republican strategist Karl Rove said Sunday on ABC's "This Week" that he could envision the next Republican presidential nominee supporting gay marriage.

In perhaps one of the biggest for the gay rights movement on the Republican side, sitting Ohio Sen. Rob Portman publicly came out in support for gay marriage Friday morning. His announcement came two years after Portman's son came out to him.

In perhaps one of the biggest for the gay rights movement on the Republican side, sitting Ohio Sen. Rob Portman publicly came out in support for gay marriage Friday morning. His announcement came two years after Portman's son came out to him.